Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Fabricworm Weekly Giveaway! Sew Happy Fat Quarters!

Hello Fabricworms!

It's Tuesday, so we all know that means giveaway! This week we have 5 lovely Fat Quarters from the Monaluna Sew Happy Collection we put together just for you! You can check out other prints by Monaluna/Jennifer Moore on Fabricworm. Everyone has a chance to win, all you have to do is leave a comment on this post answering the question below and you will be entered to win. The Giveaway will end at 8:30am PST, Monday, September 5th. We will announce the winner later that same day. (The winner will be chosen by random.org)

This week we wanna know:

Why does sewing make you "sew" happy? Is it just a hobby, a lifestyle, a stress reliever?

But don't forget you get 3 bonus entries by doing the following:

1. Tweet the giveaway! Copy this:

Comment for a chance to win this weeks giveaway at @Fabricworm #giveaway #fabric: http://bit.ly/mPJzEo

Then make sure to add an additional comment to this post with your twitter ID

2. Facebook the giveaway! Copy this:

Comment for a chance to win this weeks giveaway at @Fabricworm:http://bit.ly/mPJzEo

As a mom of 4 little ones (ages 5, 3-year-old TWINS, and 1), sewing is VERY much a stress-relieving creative outlet for me. With all the tasks that are very soon "un-done" as a homemaker, it's so rewarding to begin a sewing project, enjoy the process, and have a finished piece at the end that can't be "un-done" :)

Sewing makes me happy because it makes me feel productive. Being a stay-at-home mom of two toddlers, whatever I sew (or knit/crochet) is the only thing that stays done in my house. At the end of a day full of cleaning, cooking, and playing, I have nothing concrete to show for my time except for what I manage to create.

Sewing to me is one of those things that is my daily therapy. Something is dreadfully wrong with my day if I don't get any sewing in. Even if it's only 20-30 minutes...I can get lots of things done in that amount of time...cut strips, plan a block, piece a strippy mug rug...you get the idea!

I sew because it does make me "sew" happy! I love seeing my accomplishments, and then that feeling that you are done! I also have 3 autistic children and this helps me relax and try to distress from the day!

I'm a quilter and it makes me happy because it combines a desire to be artistic with an opportunity to be generous. I create something, a process that makes me happy, and give it to someone else, which makes them happy. I often wonder if my grandmother felt the same way--in a very practical life, being creative was okay because it was useful and beneficial.

Even just the beauty of the fabrics themselves, their color and design, excite my creative juices and get me ready to jump in to a project! Sewn pieces can be fine art and fine craftwork at the same time.

Quilting, though I'm new at it, is my therapy after going through a pretty awful and continuing health scare. I love the distraction it provides ... I really need to concentrate on it ... and it gives me endless images to dream about. And, most importantly, I feel I'm leaving a legacy for my family and friends ... just in case ...

For me, sewing is a hobby, but it makes me "sew" happy because I get to give handmade gifts. Handmade gifts just seem so much more thought out and special. I love trying to learn to make new things. I made receiving blankets as a staple for such a long time before I found so many fabulous tutorials online and started trying to sew new things!

Sewing is all of the above and more. You can express your creativity be productive, while away the hours peacefully (except for when the seam ripper makes an appearance) banish burdens, forget the world and enjoy.

I can get very frustrated when I sew so I wouldn't call it relaxing. But I have such a sense of satisfaction when I look at what I've finally created that I keep coming back! I guess it's a creative outlet and a way to express myself.

I love being able to say "I made it" when someone asks and the compliments are always nice. Sewing is definitely a stress reliever for me, with twin 2 year old toddlers and one more on the way, I need all the relief I can get!

Sewing is a satisfyingly tactile experience. My hands can get right in there and I can create things internally, verbally, but have have them manifest physically before my eyes. I never use patterns, rather have a rough idea and allow my method and execution to change and I go. It's a chance to allow the material to let me know what it wants to do and I facilitate. It feels mutually beneficial.

Plus I get bragging rights... when someone comments on one of my creations, I can proudly and geekily respond with the words, "Thanks. I made it!"

Sewing is all that you mentioned and more. What else can you do that gives you pleasure, makes you think, and provides beauty all at the same time? Thanks for the opportunity to enter your great giveaway.

It's a feeling of helping others who may be less fortunate than I am. I stitch for World of Charity Stitching and make quilts for them combined with cross stitch. I love seeing the smiling faces of the lovely people in the nursing home! I know I've accomplished something wonderful!